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McKellar to replace Larkham as Brumbies head coach

Dan McKellar

Brumbies appointed Dan McKellar as head coach for the 2018 Super Rugby season, replacing the outgoing Stephen Larkham.

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Larkham, who took over at the helm in 2014, will leave Brumbies at the end of the campaign, making his attack coach role with the Wallabies a full-time position.

McKellar has been at Brumbies since 2013 and the assistant will replace Larkham, the club announced on Friday.

“I am feel honoured and privileged to be taking over as head coach of this fantastic club,” he said.

“It’s a wonderful club to be part of and I am looking forward to helping shape the future of the Brumbies, on and off the field.

“Having worked with Stephen for several years, and been part of the Brumbies set-up since 2013, I am confident that we have some exciting times ahead of us.

“We have lots of young talent at the club and are in the process of looking to consolidate our playing resources for next season.”

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McKellar was a member of Queensland Reds in 2005-06 and also played club rugby in Scotland and Ireland.

Brumbies are top of the Australian Conference this season, despite losing seven of 12 matches.

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I thought we made a lot of progress against that type of defence by the WC last year. Lots of direct running and punching holes rather than using width. Against that type of defence I think you have to be looking to kick on first phase when you have front foot ball which we did relatively successfully. We are playing a lot of rugby behind the gain line at the moment. They are looking for those little interchanges for soft shoulders and fast ball or off loads but it regularly turns into them battering away with slow ball and going backwards, then putting in a very rushed kick under huge pressure.


JB brought that dimension when he first moved into 12 a couple of years ago but he's definitely not been at his best this year. I don't know if it is because he is being asked to play a narrow role, or carrying a niggle or two, but he does not look confident to me. He had that clean break on the weekend and stood there like he was a prop who found himself in open space and didn't know what to do with the ball. He is still a good first phase ball carrier though, they use him a lot off the line out to set up fast clean ball, but I don't think anyone is particularly clear on what they are supposed to do at that point. He was used really successfully as a second playmaker last year but I don't think he's been at that role once this year. He is a triple threat player but playing a very 1 dimensional role at the moment. He and Reiko have been absolutely rock solid on defence which is why I don't think there will be too much experimentation or changes there.

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